blather (redirected from blathered)

blath·er  (blr) also bleth·er (bl-)

intr.v. blath·ered also bleth·ered, blath·er·ing also bleth·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ers

To talk nonsensically.

n.

Nonsensical talk.

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[Old Norse bladhra; see bhl- in Indo-European roots.]

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blather·er n.

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blather [ˈblæðə] Scot, blether

vb

(intr) to speak foolishly

n

1. foolish talk; nonsense

2. a person who blathers

[from Old Norse blathra, from blathr nonsense]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blather - foolish gibberish blatherskite gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking
Verb	1.	blather - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" blether, blither, smatter, babble blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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blather

verb

chatter, ramble, mumble, babble, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), rabbit on (Brit. informal), drivel, yap (informal), tattle, jabber, gabble, blether, run off at the mouth (slang), prate He kept on blathering about police incompetence.

noun

nonsense, gossip, chatter, hot air (informal), waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), pap, bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, gibberish, guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, jabbering, jabber, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, blether (Scot.), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) Anyone knows that this is all blather.

Translations

blather [ˈblæðəʳ]

A. N → disparates mpl

B. VI → charlatanear, decir tonterías
to blather (on) about sth → enrollarse con algo, dar la tabarra con algo

blather [ˈblæðəʳ] vi → blaterare